Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Joey Adams |
Comic |
6-Jan-1911 |
2-Dec-1999 |
Borscht Belt comedian |
Joey Lauren Adams |
Actor |
6-Jan-1971 |
|
Chasing Amy |
Samuel Alexander |
Philosopher |
6-Jan-1859 |
13-Sep-1938 |
Space, Time, and Deity |
Robert Anderson |
Diplomat |
6-Jan-1922 |
5-Apr-1996 |
US Ambassador to Morocco, 1976-78 |
Gilbert Arenas |
Basketball |
6-Jan-1982 |
|
All-Star NBA guard |
Emile Argand |
Geologist |
6-Jan-1879 |
14-Sep-1940 |
Theory of embryotectonics |
Rowan Atkinson |
Actor |
6-Jan-1955 |
|
Mr. Bean |
Paul Azinger |
Golf |
6-Jan-1960 |
|
Winner, 1993 PGA Championship |
Syd Barrett |
Musician |
6-Jan-1946 |
7-Jul-2006 |
Pink Floyd |
Gustav Bauer |
Head of State |
6-Jan-1870 |
16-Sep-1944 |
German Chancellor 1919-20 |
Eduard Bernstein |
Politician |
6-Jan-1850 |
18-Dec-1932 |
Evolutionary Socialism |
Max Bruch |
Composer |
6-Jan-1838 |
2-Oct-1920 |
Kol Nidrei |
Philippe Busquin |
Politician |
6-Jan-1941 |
|
EU Commissioner for Research, 1999-2004 |
Capucine |
Actor |
6-Jan-1928 |
17-Mar-1990 |
The Pink Panther |
Adriano Celentano |
Singer |
6-Jan-1938 |
|
The Taming of the Scoundrel |
Julie Chen |
Game Show Host |
6-Jan-1970 |
|
Host of Big Brother |
Henry Corden |
Actor |
6-Jan-1920 |
19-May-2005 |
Hanna-Barbara voice actor |
David F. D'Alessandro |
Business |
6-Jan-1951 |
|
CEO of John Hancock, 1996-2004 |
Nicole DeHuff |
Actor |
6-Jan-1974 |
16-Feb-2005 |
Meet the Parents |
John DeLorean |
Business |
6-Jan-1925 |
19-Mar-2005 |
Automobile designer and entepreneur |
Michael V. DiSalle |
Politician |
6-Jan-1908 |
14-Sep-1981 |
Governor of Ohio, 1959-63 |
E. L. Doctorow |
Author |
6-Jan-1931 |
|
The Book of Daniel |
Peter R. Dolan |
Business |
6-Jan-1956 |
|
CEO of Bristol-Myers Squibb, 2001-06 |
Gustave Doré |
Engraver |
6-Jan-1832 |
23-Jan-1883 |
Book illustrator on steelplate |
James Durbin |
Singer |
6-Jan-1989 |
|
Memories of a Beautiful Disaster |
Don Edwards |
Politician |
6-Jan-1915 |
|
Congressman from California, 1963-95 |
Duncan U. Fletcher |
Politician |
6-Jan-1859 |
17-Jun-1936 |
Congressman from Florida, 1909-36 |
Bonnie Franklin |
Actor |
6-Jan-1944 |
|
Ann Romano on One Day at a Time |
Louis Freeh |
Government |
6-Jan-1950 |
|
FBI Director, 1993-2001 |
Khalil Gibran |
Poet |
6-Jan-1883 |
10-Apr-1931 |
The Prophet |
Todd Gitlin |
Educator |
6-Jan-1943 |
|
Journalism professor, social critic |
Lee Goldman |
Doctor |
6-Jan-1948 |
|
Goldman Index for cardiac risk |
Joe Hagin |
Government |
6-Jan-1956 |
|
White House Deputy Chief of Staff, 2001-08 |
Charles Haley |
Football |
6-Jan-1964 |
|
Five winning Superbowls |
Mickey Hargitay |
Actor |
6-Jan-1926 |
14-Sep-2006 |
Bloody Pit of Horror |
Louis Harris |
Business |
6-Jan-1921 |
|
Pollster, Louis Harris and Associates |
Lou Holtz |
Football |
6-Jan-1937 |
|
Head Coach, South Carolina, 1999-2004 |
Victor Horta |
Architect |
6-Jan-1861 |
9-Sep-1947 |
Art Nouveau architect |
Joan of Arc |
Religion |
6-Jan-1412 |
30-May-1431 |
Maid of Orleans, burned at the stake |
Charles B. Johnson |
Business |
6-Jan-1933 |
|
Billionaire, Franklin Resources |
Mike Jones |
Rapper |
6-Jan-1981 |
|
Who is Mike Jones? |
Babrak Karmal |
Head of State |
6-Jan-1929 |
3-Dec-1996 |
President of Afghanistan, 1979-86 |
Norman Kirk |
Head of State |
6-Jan-1923 |
31-Aug-1974 |
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1972-74 |
Diane Knippers |
Religion |
6-Jan-1952 |
18-Apr-2005 |
Conservative religious strategist |
Henry Kravis |
Business |
6-Jan-1944 |
|
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts |
Nigella Lawson |
Chef |
6-Jan-1960 |
|
UK's domestic goddess |
John C. Lilly |
Scientist |
6-Jan-1915 |
30-Sep-2001 |
Human-dolphin communication |
Bjørn Lomborg |
Scholar |
6-Jan-1965 |
|
The Skeptical Environmentalist |
Howie Long |
Football |
6-Jan-1960 |
|
Los Angeles Raiders defensive end |
Barry Lopez |
Author |
6-Jan-1945 |
|
Of Wolves and Men |
Nancy Lopez |
Golf |
6-Jan-1957 |
|
Pro golfer |
Frank Lucas |
Politician |
6-Jan-1960 |
|
Congressman, Oklahoma 3rd |
John Maynard Smith |
Biologist |
6-Jan-1920 |
19-Apr-2004 |
Applied game theory to evolutionary biology |
Van McCoy |
Musician |
6-Jan-1940 |
6-Jul-1979 |
The Hustle |
Cary Middlecoff |
Golf |
6-Jan-1921 |
1-Sep-1998 |
Winner of 3 Majors |
Anthony Minghella |
Film Director |
6-Jan-1954 |
18-Mar-2008 |
The English Patient |
Tom Mix |
Actor |
6-Jan-1880 |
12-Oct-1940 |
Old-time silent movie cowboy |
Sun Myung Moon |
Religion |
6-Jan-1920 |
|
Head Moonie |
Wright Morris |
Novelist |
6-Jan-1910 |
29-Apr-1998 |
The Field of Vision |
Vincenzo Natali |
Film Director |
6-Jan-1969 |
|
Cube |
David D. Newsom |
Diplomat |
6-Jan-1918 |
30-Mar-2008 |
US Ambassador to Philippines, 1977-78 |
Fred Niblo |
Film Director |
6-Jan-1874 |
11-Nov-1948 |
Ben-Hur |
Johnny O'Keefe |
Musician |
6-Jan-1935 |
6-Oct-1978 |
King of Australian rock and roll |
Joseph Medill Patterson |
Business |
6-Jan-1879 |
26-May-1946 |
Founder of New York Daily News |
Danny Pintauro |
Actor |
6-Jan-1976 |
|
Jonathan Bower on Who's the Boss? |
Kenneth S. Pitzer |
Chemist |
6-Jan-1914 |
26-Dec-1997 |
President of Rice University, 1961-68 |
Tiffany Pollard |
TV Personality |
6-Jan-1982 |
|
Flavor of Love |
Sam Rayburn |
Politician |
6-Jan-1882 |
16-Nov-1961 |
Speaker of the US House, 1940-61 |
Eddie Redmayne |
Actor |
6-Jan-1982 |
|
Red |
Norman Reedus |
Actor |
6-Jan-1969 |
|
Gossip |
Jérémie Renier |
Actor |
6-Jan-1981 |
|
L'Enfant |
King Richard II |
Royalty |
6-Jan-1367 |
14-Feb-1400 |
King of England 1377-99 |
Alan Rosskamm |
Business |
6-Jan-1950 |
|
CEO of Charming Shoppes |
Pamela Ann Rymer |
Judge |
6-Jan-1941 |
21-Sep-2011 |
9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1989-2011 |
Carl Sandburg |
Author |
6-Jan-1878 |
22-Jul-1967 |
Illinois poet, Lincoln biographer |
Julio María Sanguinetti |
Head of State |
6-Jan-1936 |
|
Twice President of Uruguay |
Heinrich Schliemann |
Archaeologist |
6-Jan-1822 |
26-Dec-1890 |
Discoverer of ancient Troy |
Thomas J. Scotes |
Diplomat |
6-Jan-1932 |
|
US Ambassador to Yemen, 1975-78 |
Earl Scruggs |
Musician |
6-Jan-1924 |
28-Mar-2012 |
Bluegrass banjo pioneer |
John Singleton |
Film Director |
6-Jan-1968 |
|
Boyz N the Hood |
Tara Spencer-Nairn |
Actor |
6-Jan-1978 |
|
Karen Pelly on Corner Gas |
Alan Stivell |
Musician |
06-Jan-1944 |
|
Breton/Celtic harpist |
Trudie Styler |
Actor |
6-Jan-1954 |
|
Sting's wife |
Francis L. Sullivan |
Actor |
6-Jan-1903 |
19-Nov-1956 |
Great Expectations |
Charles Sumner |
Politician |
6-Jan-1811 |
11-Mar-1874 |
Anti-slavery Senator from Massachusetts |
Sylvia Syms |
Actor |
6-Jan-1934 |
|
The Tamarind Seed |
Vic Tayback |
Actor |
6-Jan-1930 |
25-May-1990 |
Character actor, Papillon, etc |
Danny Thomas |
Actor |
6-Jan-1914 |
6-Feb-1991 |
Make Room For Daddy |
Andrea Thompson |
Actor |
6-Jan-1960 |
|
Det. Kirkendall on NYPD Blue |
Alex Turner |
Singer |
6-Jan-1986 |
|
Lead singer, Arctic Monkeys |
Alan Watts |
Philosopher |
6-Jan-1915 |
16-Nov-1973 |
Zen beat counterculture sage |
Jett Williams |
Country Musician |
6-Jan-1953 |
|
Daughter of Hank Williams, Sr. |
Arthur Winstead |
Politician |
6-Jan-1904 |
14-Mar-1995 |
Congressman from Mississippi, 1943-65 |
Bob Wise |
Politician |
6-Jan-1948 |
|
Governor of West Virginia, 2001-05 |
James Lee Witt |
Government |
6-Jan-1944 |
|
FEMA Director, 1993-2001 |
Early Wynn |
Baseball |
6-Jan-1920 |
4-Apr-1999 |
MLB Hall of Famer |
Loretta Young |
Actor |
6-Jan-1913 |
12-Aug-2000 |
Platinum Blonde |
Malcolm Young |
Guitarist |
6-Jan-1953 |
|
Rhythm guitar for AC/DC |
Rolf M. Zinkernagel |
Scientist |
6-Jan-1944 |
|
T-cells and antigens |
Ed Zschau |
Politician |
6-Jan-1940 |
|
Congressman from California, 1983-87 |